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August 26, 2016 The City Council amended the Chicago Recycling Ordinance to provide greater clarity to property owners regarding their recycling requirements and to give city officials stronger enforcement capabilities. Under…
August 25, 2016 With Springfield failing to act on the Mayor’s proposed doubling of the homeowners exemption, the Chicago City Council approved a City-funded rebate program to help offset the recent…
BOMA/Chicago leaders, staff and legislative and energy consultants met with Senator Mattie Hunter, Chairman of the Senate Energy and Public Utilities Committee, and representatives from Exelon and ComEd to discuss their proposed…
July 19, 2016 BOMA/Chicago is reminding buildings that the deadline for the final phase of the City’s sprinkler retrofit mandate is approaching. When the ordinance became effective, buildings had until January…
July 18, 2016 Legislation introduced and approved by the Illinois General Assembly on June 30, 2016 would allow for a new type of TIF district (called a “transit TIF”) to provide…
July 18, 2016 The Illinois General Assembly succeeded in passing a “stop gap” budget to avoid, by a few hours, the distinction of going a full 12 months without a fully…
July 1, 2016 The regular session of the Illinois General Assembly adjourned on May 31Â with no resolution to the budget stalemate that had log-jammed many other major legislative proposals and created…
June 30, 2016 The other shoe appears ready to drop on the unresolved CPS pension issue. A House amendment to Senate Bill 318 allows the City of Chicago to impose a new…
June 30, 2016 After more than a year of discussions, the Chicago City Council unanimously passed an ordinance in June that allows employees to accrue and use up to five earned…
June 30, 2016 Mayor Emanuel is expected to propose an amendment to the City’s recycling ordinance that will require source separation of recyclables in all buildings. For BOMA/Chicago buildings, this is…
March 16, 2016 BOMA/Chicago is reminding buildings that the deadline for the final phase of the City’s sprinkler retrofit mandate is approaching. When the ordinance became effective, buildings had until January…
March 16, 2016 Nearly one hundred individuals have already completed the City of Chicago’s revised Fire Safety Director Program since the initial pilot offering on February 23. The revised certification program…
Call to Action: Contact your State Legislators Today! On Monday, October 19, the City filed legislation to double the Homestead Exemption and shift nearly 70% of the burden for the proposed property…
August 26, 2015 The City of Chicago’s revised Fire Safety Director Program is expected to be rolled out in early fall. After BOMA/Chicago advocated for much needed revisions to the Chicago…
August 19, 2015 In September 2013, Mayor Emanuel and Chicago’s City Council adopted the Chicago Energy Benchmarking ordinance. The ordinance calls on existing municipal, commercial, and residential buildings 50,000 square feet and…
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